The 2018 d3wrestle.com National Coach of the Year is Eric Keller of Wartburg. This is his fourth career honor.
Keller coached the Knights to their seventh NCAA championship in the past eight years and their 14th overall. Wartburg brought nine wrestlers to the NCAA Championships and came home with eight All-Americans, five finalists, and three NCAA champions in Brock Rathbun, Cross Cannone, and Kyle Fank. The Knights scored 136.5 points to outdistance second place Augsburg by 54.5 points and had the highest point total at the Division III championships since 2012.
Keller also coached Wartburg to its 26th consecutive Iowa Intercollegiate Athletics Conference championship as well as its sixth straight regional championship.